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Sierra Leone ruling against palm oil company will empower communities - campaigners
- Reuters
- 13 November 2018
The decision marks the first time in Sierra Leone's history that a community has been able to win back land leased to a foreign company
L’accaparement des terres perpétré par les fonds de pension dans le monde doit cesser
- GRAIN
- 13 November 2018
Depuis une dizaine d’années, l’argent des fonds de pension alimente un énorme investissement dans les terres agricoles. Le nombre de fonds de pension investissant dans les terres agricoles et les sommes d’argent déployées à cette fin sont en augmentation, mais tout se fait discrètement.
The global farmland grab by pension funds needs to stop
- GRAIN
- 13 November 2018
Money from pension funds has fuelled the financial sector's massive move into farmland investing over the past decade. The number of pension funds involved in farmland investment and the amount of money they are deploying into it is increasing, under the radar.
Des villageois veulent faire plier une multinationale
- Africa Nº1
- 12 November 2018
En RDC, neuf communautés villageoises ont déposé plainte contre la société canadienne Feronia auprès de la Banque de développement allemande. Ils dénoncent le vol illégal de leurs terres. On en parle avec Jean-François Mombia Atuku, représentant de RIAO-RDC.
Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment Company closes deal with Mriya Agro Holding
- Reuters
- 12 November 2018
SALIC UK Ltd and Mriya Farming PLC have completed the deal to acquire a majority of the Mriya Group's Ukrainian farming assets, including infrastructure facilities, machinery, and companies holding land lease agreements.
German bank caught in DRC colonial land dispute
- AFP
- 12 November 2018
A German state-owned bank has found itself at the centre of a battle in the Democratic Republic of Congo over agricultural land dating back to the Belgian colonial period
Include land-related repression in Cambodia probe, UN rights envoy urged
- PCFS
- 12 November 2018
Groups call on UN Special Rapporteur to look into the recent spate of alleged cases of state-perpetrated harassment of peasants and indigenous peoples struggling for their right to land in her review of the human rights situation in Cambodia.
Preah Vihear villagers summoned to court for ‘detaining’ bulldozer
- Phnom Penh Post
- 12 November 2018
two NGO staff and 10 Kuoy indigenous villagers were summoned to court following land dispute in Preah Vihear, Cambodia with two Chinese companies that were clearing the land in dispute with the villagers back in December 2014. Some 300 villagers stopped about six bulldozers operated by the companies.
Bénin : mobilisation des paysans ouest-africains pour l’accès sécurisé à la terre, l’eau
- Banouto
- 11 November 2018
Samedi 10 novembre 2018, les organisations paysannes du Bénin étaient devant la presse nationale : « Par la caravane, nous voulons crier notre ras-le-bol à nos dirigeants pour qu’ils cessent de faire le jeu des multinationales contre les intérêts des paysans ».
China's major agricultural province shares wisdom with B&R countries
- Xinhua
- 11 November 2018
A group of 30 trainees from Kyrgyzstan's agriculture sector were in Puyang to exchange ideas and seek business opportunities with Chinese enterprises, with more than 10 potential agreements being reached.
Accord en vue en Europe sur la surveillance des investissements étrangers
- Les Echos
- 09 November 2018
L'Union européenne va créer un mecanisme de surveillance des investissements directs étrangers en Europe, y compris les rachats et locations de terres agricoles.
Court orders oil palm company to return land and pay arrears of rent to landowners in Sierra Leone
- Namati
- 08 November 2018
The High Court of Sierra Leone has ordered bailiffs to return 41,582 hectares of land leased to Sierra Leone Agriculture Ltd to communities in Bureh, Kasseh, and Maconteh Chiefdoms in Port Loko District in northern Sierra Leone.